U+142BF "𔊿" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+142BF "𔊿" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph block of the Unicode Standard, which encodes a sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system. This particular character represents a hieroglyphic symbol, though its exact phonetic or ideographic meaning is not directly assigned by Unicode itself; instead, the "-#" suffix in its official name indicates it is a placeholder in a sequence of unassigned or generic hieroglyph identifiers. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and preservation of Egyptian hieroglyphs, supporting scholarly work, linguistic research, and cultural heritage efforts by making these ancient symbols accessible in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+142BF
Version Added	16.0
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph-#
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𔊿
HTML Hex Encoding	𔊿
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8A 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDEBF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000142BF
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udebf

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Script Extensions	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	OLetter

Unikemet Data

kEH_Cat	U-09-053
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A drill, with a half-circle handle, with a curl towards the front on top of the handle, with a vertical line as drill-bit, on top of a horizontal rectangle.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	wb(n)
kEH_UniK	HJ U024M
kEH_JSesh	U24M
kEH_HG	U24M